1962 Topps #416 Bob Scheffing
About this card
The set carries nineteen manager cards, including three Hall of Famers: Casey Stengel of the first-year Mets at #29, Walt Alston at #217 and Al Lopez at #286.
About Bob Scheffing
Scheffing turns up twice in 1962 Topps: #72, a first-series combination card he shares with Steve Boros and Jake Wood, and #416, a fifth-series card from the manager subset. Both credit the Tigers. Detroit lost Al Kaline for a long stretch that summer to a broken collarbone, and the club that had won 101 games dropped 16 off that total, going 85-76 and finishing fourth in the ten-team American League, ten and a half games behind New York.
Robert Boden Scheffing, born in Overland, Missouri, on August 11, 1913, was a catcher, manager and front-office executive most often identified with the Chicago Cubs. He began his pro career in the Cardinals' farm system in 1935, spent 1939 as a 25-year-old playing manager in Class D, served in the Navy in the Pacific during World War II, and reached the majors with the Cubs by way of the 1940 Rule 5 draft. Over eight big-league seasons as a catcher with the Cubs, Cincinnati and St. Louis he batted .263 with 357 hits in 517 games. After managing the Los Angeles Angels to 107 wins and the 1956 Pacific Coast League championship, he took over the Cubs in 1957 and went 208-254 in three seasons, then managed the Detroit Tigers from 1961 into 1963, finishing 210-173 there. He later scouted and broadcast for Detroit, joined the Mets front office in December 1965, and was promoted to general manager in January 1970; the club won the 1973 National League pennant before losing a seven-game World Series to Oakland. He died in Phoenix in 1985.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 228 | 0 | 19 | 100 | 75 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
| SGC | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Graded population — a scarcity guide, not a price. Snapshot 2026-09-24. Half-grades fold down (8.5→8), and PSA's qualified grades are counted separately from the straight-grade rows shown here. Slabs of the three cards printed #139 are joined by description, never by number alone. PSA registers the green tints as a separate set; a tint's population is listed under that state of the card it belongs to.
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Related cards
More Bob Scheffing in this set: #72 Combo
Team card: #24 Detroit Tigers Team
More Detroit Tigers cards:
- #20 Rocky Colavito
- #62 Steve Boros
- #72 Bob's Pupils
- #87 Mike Roarke
- #92 Sam Jones
- #105 Don Mossi
- #114 Howie Koplitz
- #150 Al Kaline
- #173 Chico Fernandez
- #196 Terry Fox
- #216 Ron Kline
- #250 Norm Cash
- #261 George Alusik
- #299 Don Wert
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1962 Topps #416 card?
It is card #416 of the 600-card 1962 Topps Baseball set, picturing Bob Scheffing of the Detroit Tigers. The set carries nineteen manager cards, including three Hall of Famers: Casey Stengel of the first-year Mets at #29, Walt Alston at #217 and Al Lopez at #286.
How many cards are in the 1962 Topps Baseball set?
600 cards, tracked as 708 collectible states. The numbers run from 1 to 598 with no gaps, but three different cards were printed #139 - two Hal Reniff poses, catalogued 139a and 139b, and the Babe Hits 60 Babe Ruth Special, 139c - so 598 numbers make 600 cards; 93 cards carry catalogued print variations, the series-2 green tints among them, that the master set counts separately.
Sources: Baseball Almanac, Trading Card Database, PSA CardFacts, Cardboard Connection, BaseballCardPedia, The Topps Archives, Baseball-Reference, the SABR BioProject and the National Baseball Hall of Fame, PSA & SGC population reports. Card data compiled and maintained by T206Cards.com. Page last updated 2026-10-03.